There are reports of Google and Yahoo leaving or threatening to leave the US Chamber of Commerce (a private lobbying organization, btw) because of its stance on

There are reports of Google and Yahoo leaving or threatening to leave the US Chamber of Commerce (a private lobbying organization, btw) because of its stance on certain legislation: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/11/04/361469/google-leaving-chamber-commerce/ http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/11/04/361469/google-le... http://www.fixtheuschamber.org/tracking-the-chamber/yahoo-joins-apple-other-tech-companies-abandons-us-chamber http://www.fixtheuschamber.org/tracking-the-chamber/yahoo-jo... Interesting progression of events in the last 15 years, given that anti-piracy legislation was originally written to protect software companies.